Day: February 17, 2018

Lavrov saw malice on the part of the US because of the support Kurds in Syria MOSCOW, 16 Feb — RIA Novosti. From the United States in the situation with the military support of Syrian Kurds of a possible evil intent, said the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “The whole story (operation Turkey Afrin — approx. ed.) underscores the short-sightedness, short-sightedness, as you like to call it, if not malice on the part of the United States. Gradually, within two to three years (that is, almost all of the period that the coalition led by Washington working in Syria), the us special forces and other units are on the ground in Syria illegally, without any invitation on the part of Damascus or mandate from the UN Security Council. From the beginning of its actions in Syria, the Americans have relied on the Kurds and ignored the discontent of Turkey”, —

Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency after Prime Minister’s resignation The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency in the country after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced his resignation. About it reports Reuters. On 15 February Mr Desalegn announced the decision to resign as Prime Minister of Ethiopia and leader of the ruling coalition “Revolutionary democratic front Ethiopian people.” Reuters wrote that there was riots in the country and the need for reform. Anti-government protests in Ethiopia continue in 2015. They started with the protests of the Oromo peasants against plans to expand the limits of the capital Addis Ababa due to inclusion in the city limits of their land. After they were joined by ethnic Amhara community, protesting against unjust land policies of the government. From October 2016 to August 2017, the country had a state of emergency. During this time, in the riots killed more than 600

The first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Sergei Kislyak © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MUNICH, February 17. /TASS/. All Russian programs meet the commitments assumed by Russia under the Treaty on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF). This was stated on Saturday by the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs, former Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, at the Munich security conference.

First Deputy Chairman of Committee of Federation Council on the international Affairs Sergey Kislyak © Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS MUNICH, February 17. /TASS/. U.S. law enforcement is not a reliable source of information concerning the investigation of the “interference” of Russia in the elections. This view was expressed on Saturday by the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs, former Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, at the Munich security conference.

Russia could not and did not interfere in American elections, Lavrov said MOSCOW, 16 Feb — RIA Novosti. Moscow “could not and did not” interfere in the US presidential election, the absence of any evidence and the facts, said Friday the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “We could not guess, of course, could not and did not intervene. About some government interference in the election process say still, but not a single fact I ever saw. The assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of homeland security responsible for cyber security, said clearly that they have no evidence of Russian interference in the electoral Affairs of the last presidential campaign,” Lavrov said in the TV channel “Euronews”. “You know, the United States is a very specific political system. I worked there many years. For almost half a year, during which there is the investigation (this investigation was Muller and Senate Committee

Saakashvili predicted the collapse of Ukraine from the oligarchs and separatist sentiment VIENNA, 16 Feb. /TASS/. Ukraine has turned into a mafia state where all of the state belongs to oligarchs, including Petro Poroshenko and Rinat Akhmetov. This opinion was expressed by former President of Georgia and former head of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, which was published on Friday. “Ukraine is becoming a mafia state because of the large economic interests of the oligarchs. 70% capital is owned by seven oligarchs, and the most important of them is Petro Poroshenko, Rinat Akhmetov, who together own half of the state”, — told Saakashvili. In addition, in his opinion, the government has virtually ceased to function, and with it the country’s “wielded by paramilitaries, which uses Poroshenko”. “Such armed groups are subordinate to the Minister of internal Affairs and Akhmetov”, — he